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Mightier 1090 goes Almighty 8/1

Jstnpspck said:
The ESPN programming seemed redundant given 710 and 830 out of LA.
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In San Diego, you can barely hear 710 and 830 (especially after 710's transmitter moved). The more likely reason for the switch: 97.3 switching to all-sports and drawing good ratings, then later AM sports got a big signal upgrade when iHeart moved sports to 760 from 1360. Now that San Diego has only one major-league team, there's probably no reason for a 3rd sports station.
 
The new operators must have moved through a lot of hoops to make this happen. Mexico has pretty strict rules regarding religious programming in media.
 
The bribe is much less expensive. In the 1980s, a friend leased an FM in a Mexican border town. Stations had to broadcast in Spanish then unless you got special permission. My friend would wait for the field agent to come to town, then take him out to a meal and drinks and then to the mall to buy him whatever he desired. After buying his kids, wife and himself some new clothes and perhaps a piece of jewelry, the station was found to be compliant.
 
gr8oldies said:
Send 9.99 for an autographed picture of Jesus that glows in the dark and a sample of baby chicks!
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Given it's a Catholic station and Mexico is such a heavily Catholic country, they were probably votive candles.

But like in a lot of Catholic countries like France and Ireland, the church had historically had a lot of power, and so the government has felt the need to keep checks on it. That's why Mexico had the Cristero War.
 
Identnut said:
Given it's a Catholic station and Mexico is such a heavily Catholic country, they were probably votive candles.

But like in a lot of Catholic countries like France and Ireland, the church had historically had a lot of power, and so the government has felt the need to keep checks on it. That's why Mexico had the Cristero War.
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I'm going way back to the border blaster era when border stations were running sometimes bizarre Evangelical preachers, including during the Wolfman Jack era.
 
gr8oldies said:
I'm going way back to the border blaster era when border stations were running sometimes bizarre Evangelical preachers, including during the Wolfman Jack era.
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I'm guessing they cared less because they were preaching in English to an American audience, so they weren't Mexico's problem.
 
gr8oldies said:
I'm going way back to the border blaster era when border stations were running sometimes bizarre Evangelical preachers, including during the Wolfman Jack era.
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Identnut said:
I'm guessing they cared less because they were preaching in English to an American audience, so they weren't Mexico's problem.
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Or, perhaps it was that experience with the border blasters and the Evangelicals that was the impetus for the current regulations limiting religious programming by the IFT (although that likely goes back to the days of CoFeTel). My problem here is that I don't know how long ago those regs were created.

David?
 
Jstnpspck said:
Religious programming takes over August 1st according to this Medium article. The ESPN programming seemed redundant given 710 and 830 out of LA. I preferred when 1090 carried SportsGrid programming as an alternative to FOX Sports and ESPN.
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710’s new signal is very weak da ytime in SD and nowhere at night. 830 is a bit batter, but not a local signal by any means. The real issue is that the generic ESPN programming does not work amtwhere very well.
 
Was hoping to hear Scott Kaplan at 3p today (7/29) discussing this, but the show is mostly focused on their new SportsGrid placement (now on SiriusXM channel 159), so no mention at all by the crew about 1090 AM.
 
While Mexico has been hesitant to allow religious broadcasting, there may be a more permissive attitude on border stations targeting the U.S.

I believe AM 540 XESURF has been a Spanish-language evangelical religion station for a long time. So adding 1090 XEPRS as a Catholic Spanish-language station is not a stretch. But I don't think there are any religious stations in Mexico apart from border cities. AFAIK, Mexico City has no religious stations.

Hey, Mexico allowed a Chinese-supported organization to program Class A XEWW 690 before American politicians objected. Again, I doubt that would have happened in Mexico City or Monterrey.
 
Gregg. said:
I believe AM 540 XESURF has been a Spanish-language evangelical religion station for a long time. So adding 1090 XEPRS as a Catholic Spanish-language station is not a stretch. But I don't think there are any religious stations in Mexico apart from border cities. AFAIK, Mexico City has no religious stations.
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XEEST-AM 1440 is religious. But still, an AM station in the Western Hemisphere's biggest metropolis.
 
Identnut said:
XEEST-AM 1440 is religious. But still, an AM station in the Western Hemisphere's biggest metropolis.
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Heard that one up here in alaska!
 
In Mexico, religious associations (a type of incorporated society) cannot own broadcast stations, either on their own or through an intermediary. Nor can religious ministers (who are registered with the government).

Technically, permission from RTC is needed to air religious programming on any station, but for the last decade or so, this has been a pass-through with no real bite.

That has not prevented stations from
  • Leasing their entire airtime to religious associations, which avoids the ownership issue. (Commonly these are commercial AMs)
  • Being awarded to individuals and turning up as religious stations, sometimes in highly related ownership. (Commonly non-commercial social FMs)
    • Sometimes these are in the community and indigenous services!
  • Being awarded to civil societies and turning up as religious stations
  • Successfully applying to program, on their own, a new subchannel whose name and logo are a trademark held by the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God
Remember, this is a station that has been leased and not directly operated for many years, so another lessee makes sense.
 
San Diego radio fulltime:
1450 KFSD JP2 Catholic Radio
1000 KCEO Relevant Catholic radio

needs 1090 as well????
 
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